Wangki River | |
Name Other: | Río Segovia, Cape River, Yara River |
Map Size: | 280 |
Pushpin Map: | Central America |
Pushpin Map Size: | 280 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Countries |
Subdivision Name1: | Nicaragua and Honduras |
Length: | 841km (523miles) |
Source1 Location: | Somoto Canyon, Madriz Department, Nicaragua |
Source1 Coordinates: | 13.4517°N -86.7089°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 2219feet |
Mouth: | Caribbean Sea |
Mouth Location: | Nicaragua |
Mouth Coordinates: | 15°N -91°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
The Wangki river in Miskitu or Río Coco, in Spanish, formerly known as the Río Segovia, Cape River,[1] or Yara River,[2] is a river located on the border of northern Nicaragua and southern Honduras. It is the longest river that runs entirely within the Central American isthmus with a total length of .[3]
The river originates in the Somoto Canyon National Monument, near where the Pan American Highway crosses into Nicaragua, and flows through low mountainous terrain into the Caribbean Sea at Cabo Gracias a Dios; the middle and lower reaches form the Honduras-Nicaragua border.
On September 7, 2007, major international news wires reported that the Río Coco was over above normal stage, two days after category 5 Hurricane Felix made landfall.